Russell Carollo
Russell John Carollo (March 16, 1955 – December 19, 2018) was an American Pulitzer prize-winning journalist, who worked as an investigative reporter for numerous publications, including the Dayton Daily News, the Los Angeles Times, and The Sacramento Bee.[1]
Russell Carollo
March 16, 1955
December 19, 2018 (aged 63)
Journalist; Special projects reporter
Vince and Norma Carollo
He shared the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, with Jeff Nesmith, at the Dayton Daily News for uncovering mismanagement in military healthcare. After publication of the series of stories, the Pentagon announced the creation of a civilian board to review malpractice cases.[2]
Carollo was a three-time finalist for the Pulitzer prize, in 1992, with Mike Casey, for his work on, "Lives on the Line," in 1996, with Carol Hernandez, Jeff Nesmith and Cheryl Reed, for his contributions on two articles, "Military Secrets" and "Prisoners on the Payroll," and in 2002 for "The Foreign Game."[3][4][5]
In 2004, Carollo and Mei-Ling Hopgood, were the recipients of the Edgar A. Poe Award, the Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting, the Clark Mollenhoff award, and were finalists for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, for the series of investigative reports, "Casualties of Peace," published in 2003.[6][7][8][9] The House Committee on International Relations passed of a bill to protect the safety of Peace Corps volunteers as a result of the series.
His specialties included computer-assisted reporting, state public records, the military, and long-term investigative projects, and use of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which he used to make between 75 and 150 requests and appeals each year.[10] During his 30-year career, Carollo reported from at least seventeen countries.[1][11]
Background and education[edit]
Carollo was a native of Lacombe in St. Tammany Parish in suburban New Orleans, Louisiana. His parents, Victor and Norma Carollo, were American-Italians; his father was a veteran, having served during World War II.[1][12]
Carollo graduated from Louisiana State University with a bachelor's degree in journalism, and from Southeastern Louisiana University with a bachelor's degree in history.[1] in 2009, Carollo taught journalism at Colorado College and Oklahoma State University.[13]
Carollo was a former Michigan Journalism Fellow, class of 1989–1990.[14] During his studies, he focused on First Amendment rights and improving his writing, saying that the program had given him time to look at "really good writing" and that the fellowship program helped to give him a "more global view."[14] Louisiana State University inducted him into its Journalism Hall of Fame in 2009.[15]